PLEASE SEE NEW POST! MY FLOYD ROSE DOESN'T FIT!
I picked up an Ibanez RX series from a car boot for £10. It was a bargain - even if just for the hard case it came with. The guitar itself was also in pretty good condition (the odd little dink that is hardly noticable) but when it came to the pick-ups, bridge, & scratch plate, it was pretty awful. There were no actual pick-ups, except for a little strip on the underneath of the bridge. Sorry I don't know the technical term! I think it was actually from an electric-acoustic guitar. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think it was right anyway.
I went to work removing the horrible customised aluminium scratch-plate which was jaggedly cut out of stainless steel and had "Mr P" scribed onto it! It was glued on with some kind of resin. I managed to remove it without making any considerable marks, but when I did this, I realised there was a big chunk of the paint/laquer and even some wood missing near the bridge. This shouldn't be too difficult to cover up with a new scratch-plate. The problem I was having, is:
1) What should I buy in the way of pick-ups? There are 3 pick-up gaps - two double & one single. (The single being in the middle).
2) How do I wire it all up - there is no wiring in there!
3) Can I get a larger bridge/trem part, or some kind of plate to go around it, as I have had to take the old wooden bridge off. This has revealed a lot of damage to the paintwork, and covers a larger area than the area covered by a standard sized trem unit.
I'd much appreciate if anyone could help! I don't know the exact model of the guitar. It is a greeny coloured body, with maple neck, and it just says "Ibanez RX series" on the head.